5c Indiana Statehood single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This Indiana Statehood Issue stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of Indiana’s admission into statehood. The Indiana Territory was the first area formed out of the Northwest Territory. The territory obtained statehood in 1816. The stamp features an image of the sesquicentennial seal, map of Indiana with nineteen stars and the old state Capitol Building at Corydon.

United States; Indiana; territory; statehood; Northwest Territory; seal; map; stars; capitol; building; Corydon; sesquicentennial

Date

April 16, 1966

Object number

1980.2493.5599

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (yellow, ocher, violet blue); adhesive / engraving

Place

Indiana

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Maps

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b3ccad5b-1aa1-4fb7-9d21-d1d81ec52e8e

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5599